Calamaria griswoldi

Calamaria griswoldi, known commonly as the dwarf reed snake or the lined reed snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.

Calamaria griswoldi

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Calamaria
Species:
C. griswoldi
Binomial name
Calamaria griswoldi
Loveridge, 1938
Synonyms[2]
  • Calamaria lumbricoidea griswoldi
    Loveridge, 1938
  • Calamaria griswoldi
    Marx & Inger, 1955

Etymology

The specific name, griswoldi, is in honor of American ornithologist John Augustus Griswold Jr. (1912–1991), who collected the holotype.[3]

Geographic range

C. griswoldi is found in Malaysia.

Description

C. griswoldi is a small species. Maximum total length (including tail) is 49 cm (19 in).[2]

Reproduction

C. griswoldi is oviparous.[2]

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References

  1. Iskander D, Jenkins H, Das I, Auliya M, Inger RF, Lilley R, García N, Bowles P (2011). "Calamaria griswoldi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  2. "Calamaria griswoldi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Calamaria griswoldi, p. 109).

Further reading

  • Loveridge A (1938). "New Snakes of the Genera Calamaria, Bungarus, and Trimeresurus from Mount Kinabalu, North Borneo". Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 51: 43–46. (Calamaria lumbricoidea griswoldi, new subspecies, pp. 43–44).
  • Marx H, Inger RF (1955). "Notes on Snakes of the Genus Calamaria ". Fieldiana Zool. 37 (7): 167–209. (Calamaria griswoldi, new status, pp. 183–185).


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